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GPS-tagged vulture’s 4,000-km journey ends in tragic electrocution
Updated On: 17 January, 2025 08:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
On January 2, mid-day carried a story, ‘GPS-tagged vulture travels 4000 km from Tadoba sanctuary in Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu’, which highlighted how a vulture fitted with a satellite tag at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve had reached Tamil Nadu. Before reaching the southern state, the vulture travelled from Maharashtra to Chhattisgarh, then Gujarat
The GPS-tagged vulture’s charred remains in Samudram, Tamil Nadu
The GPS-tagged N11 vulture that had travelled over 4000 km from Tadoba sanctuary in Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu died of electrocution while trying to fly past an electric wire near the Arimalam Thanjur village, in Pudukottai division of Tamil Nadu.
Confirming the development, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Director Kishor Rithe said, “The vulture died of electrocution while trying to cross an electric wire near the Thirumayam range on January 16. The vulture, which was found charred after being electrocuted, was seized by the Thirumayam range field staff and steps have been taken to conduct a post-mortem examination by an assistant veterinary surgeon.”
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